Woman arrested for possession

A 21-year-old Stuttgart woman was arrested for possession after marijuana and the prescription medication Xanax were found in her vehicle.

Leigh Kreimeier

A 21-year-old Stuttgart woman was arrested for possession after marijuana and the prescription medication Xanax were found in her vehicle.

Ptl. Taylor Hopkins, with the Stuttgart Police Department, noticed a vehicle stopped Monday at Batter Up Batting Cages and car wash, located on Park Avenue.

“There was a female running around the outside of the car as if she was trying to get away from something, I then pulled up behind the car,” Hopkins said.

When he made contact with the woman he could smell marijuana. She admitted to smoking a few hours earlier.

“Upon (the) search of the vehicle I found a Coca-Cola can under the driver’s seat and I noticed the top of the can unscrewed and inside was a small bag of marijuana and another bag containing eight Xanax,” Hopkins said.

The driver was placed under arrest with two counts of possession of a controlled substance and possessing an instrument of crime. All three charges are misdemeanors.